K-pop’s first openly gay sger Holland has recently revealed that he has a boyiend whom he wants to marry durg a livtream wh his fans. Holland, whose real name is Go Tae-seob, opened up about his personal life durg a livtream event on March 24, revealg that he is now seeg someone after beg asked multiple tim by fans. Holland did not go to tails about his boyiend’s inty; however, he did reveal that his new be is not an idol, actor or someone om his dtry.
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- IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
- FIRST OPENLY GAY K-POP IDOL HOLLAND REVEALS HE HAS A BOYIEND THAT HE WANTS TO MARRY
- K-POP’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IDOL HOLLAND OPENS UP ABOUT SEXUALY 'TABOO' AND NEGATIVY
- ARE THERE REALLY A LOT OF GAY IDOLS? CRAYON POP’S WAY & BLANC7’S SHWOO REVEAL THEIR EXPERIENCE
- WHO IS ONLYONEOF? FIRST OPENLY GAY IDOL HOLLAND SENDS LOVE TO K-POP GROUP
IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
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Maman Maman, who origally buted 2007 unr the stage name Magoply, is K-Pop first openly gay idol. Shortly after butg, Maman me out as gay an terview. Holland Holland is well-known as the media’s first openly gay K-Pop idol.
He has been openly gay sce 2015 and buted 2018. Though his gay Korean iends told him would be better to stay the closet, he chose to e out as a way to be his te self.
Holland is not the first known LGBT K-pop idol, but you n say that this new generatn of K-pop, he's one of the first idols who admted that he's gay. He ially me out as gay 2015, and upon g Korea, his iends told him to keep his sexualy secret - but he's proud of his inty, makg him the first Korean artist who is openly gay.
FIRST OPENLY GAY K-POP IDOL HOLLAND REVEALS HE HAS A BOYIEND THAT HE WANTS TO MARRY
The risg star, 23, whose but song, 'Neverland' has been seen 9 ln tim, opens up about beg a gay role mol and facg negative reactns * openly gay kpop idol *
However, durg an terview, she nfsed she is gay, g her to be kicked out om her agency. He not only me out publicly (which mt have taken a lot of urage) but he also publicly speaks out agast homophobia Korean culture.
K-POP’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IDOL HOLLAND OPENS UP ABOUT SEXUALY 'TABOO' AND NEGATIVY
Holland, 22, whose but song, ‘Neverland’ has been seen 9 ln tim, talks about ‘first love’, beg a gay ‘role mol’ and bullyg after g out at school * openly gay kpop idol *
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CL CL is well-known for her huge LGBTQA+ fan base and her iendship wh Jeremy Stt, who is openly gay. ELLE: You have such a big gay followg. I have so many gay iends and I love them so much bee they’re fun.
ARE THERE REALLY A LOT OF GAY IDOLS? CRAYON POP’S WAY & BLANC7’S SHWOO REVEAL THEIR EXPERIENCE
Send-gen star Crayon Pop's Way and former BLANC7's Shwoo reveal whether there are really a lot of gay idols the K-Pop dtry. * openly gay kpop idol *
What is like to be gay South Korea? Homophobia is still rife South Korea, where very few mastream mic stars have e out as gay. There, homosexual sex is not banned, but is illegal the ary, where almost all men mt plete a stt of pulsory nscriptn.
“It’s kd of sad, ” said Jungm Kwon, an amic who wrote a book lled “Straight Korean Female Fans and Their Gay Fantasi. “On the one hand looks like the dtry is very open md to shippg culture, ” she told CNN, referrg to the culture among fans of imagg relatnships between their favore stars – cludg gay relatnships. Acrdg to Kwon, fans were spired by “yaoi” – a kd of Japane manga that featur gay relatnships between male upl – and began makg up stori about their favore stars.
WHO IS ONLYONEOF? FIRST OPENLY GAY IDOL HOLLAND SENDS LOVE TO K-POP GROUP
Even now, K-pop labels sometim cultivate idols’ homoerotic appeal the hop that mak them more popular fanfictn, where Kwon timat 80% of stori volve gay story l. South Korea’s rerd labels are happy to let fans fantasize about idols beg gay.